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Reptiles and Fat Cats: TMNT Slays Me and ShoWest Pops Off
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I'm off to Vegas in the morning for ShoWest, the big annual industry convention where the studios floss out their new releases to distributors from around the world.
Some of my favorite movies were shot in Vegas (Casino, Swingers, Very Bad Things), plus I've got a lot of fond memories of the place (love you guys, but this ain't the place to share, right?). There'll be a lot of fat cats in the room, and I can smell the money already.
Some of the big names I'll be hanging with this week: Christopher Walken, Don Cheadle, Jenny from the Block, Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer (permanently cemented in my Top Five Hottest), the legends Tarantino and Rodriguez, Queen Latifah, Freddy Rodriguez, Shia LaBeouf, and Marc Anthony to name a few. Not bad for two days, right? I'll be giving you updates the whole time, aiiight?
Imagi Production/Warner Bros Entertainment
But tonight, I was pleasantly surprised by the screening of TMNT, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. It was a huge improvement from the hokey, cornball Vanilla Ice-laced live-action Turtles flicks that hit the scene way back when. This is how it should have been done. The CGI is some of the best I've seen, and the action sequences are dope.
Watching the characters and getting into the world of TMNT again brings me back to my childhood, and that's a great feeling to have while watching a flick. I love how New York is a character, and the computer April is as fly as ever. Some cool voices are in the mix as well: Laurence Fishburne, Chris Evans, Patrick Stewart.
Sure, it's slow at times, and soft (it is for kids, after all), but the lessons learned by Leonardo and Co. are universal. Warners is on a roll, coming off the monster success of 300 and the Oscar win for The Departed. The hard-core fans of the genre will be all over this one, probably spawning a sequel.
Shadow Distribution/Magical Elves
Drifting off, I'm about to watch Air Guitar Nation on DVD, a documentary about hard-core air-guitar competitions. Besides Michael Moore's Sicko, dropping later this year, I haven't heard of too many intriguing docs on the way. If you get wind of something, let me know!
Got to get some rest before...Vegas!
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